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Mr. Haslet m. in New Haven, Conn., in Oct., 1887, Mary G., dau. of Jeremiah Dutton, who d. Feb., 1888. Oct. 15, 1921, he m., second, Miss Ethel Ward Towle, dau. of the Rev. Edward D. and Isabel Towle.
Upon being appointed a member of the Town History Com- mittee, he was made Secretary of that body. In whatever posi- tion Mr. Haslet has been called to fill he has proved himself an efficient worker.
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HASTINGS.
SAMUEL D. was b. in Chelmsford, Mass., March 2, 1829; rem. to Deering with his parents in childhood. When 18 years of age he went to Clintonville, and learned the wheel- wright's trade of Baker Pratt, for whom he worked 14 years. Came to H. about 1856, and opened a shop at the "Foundry," but subsequently rem. to Bridge Village, where he added the business of undertaker. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Valley Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Harmony Lodge, A. F. and- A. M. He m., May 5, 1853, Rebecca S., dau. of William and Mary (Wilson) White, of Antrim; d. Feb. 27, 1901. No children.
HATCH.
DR. ELISHA, s. of Azel and Rhoda (Williams) Hatch, b. in Alstead July 17, 1796, was educated in the common schools and Chester, Vt., Academy. He studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Reuben Hatch, and Drs. Adams and Amos Twitchell, of Keene; attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College, where he gradu- ated in 1824. After two years of hospital practice in New York City, and two and one-half years with his uncle, Reuben, in this town, he ret. to Alstead, where he remained until Nov., 1835, when he came back to H., and succeeded to the practice of Dr. Reuben Hatch, then lately rem. to Ill. After 24 years' res. on the Turnpike, he rem. to Bridge Village, where he lived until his death, caused by a fall in his barn, Nov. 13, 1863. He was Rep- resentative to the Legislature 4 years; member of the School Boards of both Alstead and H. He had a large medical and surgical practice in this and adjoining towns. He m. Sophia, dau. of Ephraim and Hannah (Leonard) Kingsbury, of Alstead, b. July 16, 1802; d. Sept. 12, 1886, at Medford, Mass.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Sophia K., b. in Alstead, December 11, 1827; m. May 24, 1849, Oliver F. Nelson. (See)
2. Harriet L., b. in Alstead, July 8, 1831 ; m. in March, 1851, B. Frank Dutton. (See)
3. Emily P., b. in Alstead, December 14, 1833 ; res. in Boston, Mass.
4. Mary Ellen, b. in Alstead, August 7, 1835 ; d. March 30, 1844.
GEORGE W. HASLET
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5. Frank E., b. in H., January 16, 1844 ; ed. at New London and Exeter Phillips academies ; journalist by profession ; was fifteen years in the U. S. Custom service at Boston, serving in several different positions, the last and most important of which was Superintendent of U. S. Bonded Warehouse for five years ; he was upon the editorial staff of the Lowell Times for two and one-half years, having previously been editor of the Concord, N. H., Monitor. October 3, 1893, he became associated with the Houghton & Dutton Company, as publicity director, and for nineteen years was a dominant factor in the promotion of all that related to the welfare of the house. The Boston Globe, in its notice of him at the time of his death, said: "He was a man of strong and intense character, uncompromising in his convictions where moral interests were concerned. In journalistic circles he was the dean of newspaper advertising, giving to this work many strong, attractive and distinctive features, and because of his ever-painstaking efforts, was known as "the little schoolmaster." "Highly intellectual, he was at the same time a man whose whole being was suffused with deep feeling, and the ideal strain in his character made his life a sacrifice for the highest ends." He d. October 26, 1912, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
DR. MASON, s. of Mason Hatch, b. in Alstead, March 3, 1791 ; studied medicine with Dr. Reuben Hatch of H., and sub- sequently with Dr. Charles Adams, of Keene; grad. at Dart- mouth Medical College and commenced practice at the Centre in Jan., 1817. He rem. to Bradford in 1837, and thence to New- port in Oct., 1838, where he res. until his death, Dec. 2, 1876. He was a member of Harmony Lodge, A. F. and A. M .; was Representative to the Legislature from Newport two years. He m. first Apphice, dau. of Major Isaac and Rebecca (Symonds) Andrews, b. March 5, 1795; d. Sept. 15, 1855. She was the mother of all his children. He m. second, Nov. 12, 1856, Mary R. Day, b. May II, 1812; d. Aug., 1882.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Emily T., b. April 1, 1819 ; d. October 4, 1839.
2. Abigail A., b. February 6, 1821; d. October 13, 1839.
3. Leonard M., b. May 14, 1823; d. May 26, 1823.
4. Sarah S., b. June 19, 1824; m. Samuel C. Baldwin, of Newport.
5. Louisa F., b. April 10, 1827 ; m. Hon. Dexter Richards, of Newport. January 27, 1847.
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IV. CHILDREN.
1. Elizabeth A., b. November 9, 1847; d. May 25, 1868.
2. Seth M., b. June 6, 1850.
3. Josephine E., b. October 30, 1855.
4. James D., b. October 11, 1860; d. July 17, 1861.
5. Eugene D., b. November 24, 1863.
6. William F., b. January 28, 1867.
6. Charles M., b. September 19, 1834; d. March 20, 1835.
7. Caroline E., b. in Bradford, in 1837 ; d. April 3, 1837.
DR. REUBEN, s. of Reuben Hatch, of Alstead, was b. in that town about 1785. He studied medicine with Dr. Eber Carpenter, of Alstead, and Dr. Joshua Crain, of this town. He began to practice medicine at Newport, but came to H. in 18II, and practiced here until 1835, when he went to Griggsville, Ill .; returned a few years before his death in Alstead. He m. first, Lucy, dau. of Maj. Isaac Andrews, b. Nov. 16, 1787; d. Jan. 28, 1833, of smallpox contracted from her husband's clothing, he at that time treating a case of that disease in Lempster. She was an estimable woman. He m. second, Sept., 1833, Anna Stratton, of Charlestown, Mass. He m. third, Mary Ann Gil- more, of Boscawen, b. July 21, 1805.
III. CHILDREN, BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
1. Seth Challis, b. in Newport, November 9, 1810; m. first, August 20, 1834, Mandana Bizby; m. second, Mrs. Jane Westlake; he d. in Barry, Ill.
2. Isaac A., b. in H., September 13, 1812; m. October 6, 1840, Lydia B. Baxter; rem. to Griggsville, Ill., same year; became a banker ; d. February 5, 1896, at Griggsville, Ill .; w. d. Nov. 25, 1908.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Abbie A., b. March 3, 1842.
2. John F., b. January 5, 1850; m. March 11, 1873, Janet Vose; was a lumber merchant; d. August 23, 1904.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Nellie May, b. April 15, 1874.
2. Stella Mabel, b. February 17, 1876.
3. Julia Edna, b. December 18, 1879.
4. Ethel Blanche, b. November 24, 1887.
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3. Ozias, b. April 11, 1814; rem. to Pike county, Ill. He filled many honored positions ; was Sec. of State two terms during war ; he m. Julia Enos; he d. March 12, 1893. Left his widow and three children : Pascal E., Ozias M., Jr. and Frank L.
4. Sylvanus, b. November 11, 1816; attended school at Hopkinton; was schoolmate of Pres. Franklin Pierce; m. Sarah Fessen- den; d. March 17, 1868.
IV. CHILD.
1. Mason, b. Griggsville, Ill., April 26, 1846; educated in Griggs- ville and Bloomington, Ill.
5. Reuben, b. May 16, 1819; m. Ellen D. Bush; d. July 28, 1871, in Pittsfield.
6. Rebecca, b. August 20, 1821; d. April 7, 1846, in Griggsville.
7. John, b. January 11, 1823 ; was killed, January 18, 1848, by bursting of a boiler on the Illinois River.
8. Franklin, b. March 21, 1825 ; m. Rebecca Bennett ; d. in Griggsville, September 12, 1895.
9. Lucinda. b. May 27, 1827 ; res. in Portland, Ore. ; m. Daniel B. Bush. 10. George, b. November 28, 1831; d. March 16, 1836, in Griggsville.
III. CHILD, BY THIRD MARRIAGE.
11. Lucy Ann, b. in Alstead, N. H., January 5, 1845 ; ed. in Griggsville, Ill. ; teacher ; m. in Griggsville, Oct. 24, 1871, to David Walker Cree, s. of Walker Cree.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Elsie Cree, b. in Griggsville, March 2, 1876.
2. Helen Cree, b. in Griggsville, May 30, 1882.
HAZEN.
GEORGE, s. of Daniel and Susanna (Johnson) Hazen, was b. in Westmoreland Dec. 26, 1820. In 1857 he purchased the Ebenezer Town farm in the west part of H., where he res. until his death, Nov. 30, 1902. He m. in 1857 Margaret G. Dunlap, of Goffstown.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Charles, b. February 28, 1859; went to Goffstown in 1875; rem. to Manchester in 1885, where he remained until 1902, when he came to the home farm in H., and then returned to Manches- ter. While in Manchester he served as Councilman from 1894
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to 1898. He m. September 16, 1896, Mary J., dau. of Thomas W. and Ellen (Lingard) Bolderson, of Clyde, R. I. One child, Edith May, b. July 22, 1902.
2. Ellen F., b. September 24, 1860; d. in Manchester, March 9, 1876.
3. E. Elizabeth, b. April 15, 1862; m. Dodge G. Hartshorn, of Milford.
EDGAR, s. of Jesse A. and Hannah (Brown) Hazen, was b. in Weare, April 24, 1824; m., Nov. 25, 1847, Maria, dau. of Aaron and Betsy (Coolidge) Barnes; rem. to H. in 1850, and settled on the Aaron Barnes homestead. He served as Select- man for 1871-1873 ; was Representative in 1866-1867; one of the Board of Education, 1886-1889. He d. Aug. 3, 1901.
III. CHILDREN.
1. Nettie, b. in Weare, September 12, 1848; m. March 18, 1872, Frank P. Carey, b. in Lempster, October 21, 1848.
IV. CHILDREN.
1. Helen G., b. in Terre Haute, Ind., February 1, 1875.
2. Howard H., b. in H., January 30, 1877.
3. Ralph, b. in Meredith, August 7, 1880.
2. Hattie M., b. in H., April 19, 1852; m. June 7, 1876, Kirk W. Dodge, of Concord; she d. May 25, 1877. One child, Hattie H., b. in Bennington, May 8, 1877.
3. Jesse A., b. January 23, 1855 ; m. -; d. April 18, 1905.
4. Mary E., b. January 15, 1860; m. November 6, 1881, George P. Bailey ; res. in Ansonia, Conn. One child, Hattie M., b. Octo- ber 7, 1885.
5. Bertha, b. September 30, 1861; m. March 10, 1880, Kirk W. Dodge. One child, Waldo E., b. in Concord, April 2, 1882.
6. Annie B., b. March 26, 1866.
7. Kate B., b. July 18, 1868 ; d. Hyde Park, Mass., October 25, 1910.
8. Sadie M., b. January 17, 1870.
HEATH.
TIMOTHY HEATH was a resident of Henniker, and with two brothers served in the Revolutionary War under General Stark in the battle of Bunker Hill. He had three sons, Joel, Matthias and William, who served in the War of 1812. Another son, Timothy, lived and d. in H. M. first, Esther Cunningham; m. second, Dec. 16, 1847, Mrs. Severance, wid. of Abel Severance. Matthias Heath, b. in 1749, m. in 1775, also lived in H. several
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years on a farm adjoining that of Thomas Howlett's ; he was an "old-time schoolmaster," being in great demand to govern unruly schools. He finally rem. to Warner, where he d. Jan. 29, 1832.
WILLIAM H. was b. in Henniker in 1805; m. Miss Mor- rill, of Atkinson; came to H. about 1830, and lived in the west part of the town in the "Coolidge neighborhood."
III. CHILDREN.
1. Eli, b. in Henniker, in 1816; m. Nancy Skippers.
2. Hannah, b. in Henniker, in 1818; d. in H., aged 19 years, unm.
3. Julia A., b. in Deering in 1821; m. Henry Cilley ; ; d. in Stoddard, 1864.
4. William O., b. in Deering, January 9, 1823; res. in Bradford, where he served as Moderator, Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and represented the town in the Legislature two terms; was Justice of the Peace. He m. in November, 1851, Mariah, dau. of Allen and Judith (Sargent) Cressy, of Bradford.
IV. CHILD.
1. Hattie M., b. May 17, 1858; d. July 24, 1859; had an adopted dau., Sadie L., b. in Deering, April 23, 1876.
5. Sarah J., b. in Deering, March 7, 1825.
6. Roxanna, b. in Deering.
7. Theresa, b. in Deering, 1829; m. William Clark; d. in Medford, Mass.
8. Esther C., b. in 1831; m. Calvin Gould.
9. Andrew J., m. Anna Curtice ; d. in Chelsea, Mass.
10. Albert M., b. in 1838; m. Lucinda Travis; d. in Port Hudson, in 1864.
HILL.
Owing to the prominence of Col. John Hill in the settle- ment of the town, it is only in justice to him that we should trace briefly his ancestry and his position in public affairs at the time of which we are speaking. The first mention of the name is in an account of John Hill, merchant, of London, who came to England about 1635; who was admitted to the church in Bos- ton, 1645; was made freeman, 1646; member of the artillery
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company, 1647 ; and later was made its captain .* This same John Hill owned land in the vicinity of "Long Wharf," the estate later coming into possession of George Burrill, and passed to his heirs. He had a house on North Street "between the draw- bridge and the conduit," in the vicinity, if not on the site, of the old "Feather Store." This region was swept by fire in 1676 and the dwelling burned. Thomas Savage built on the opposite side of the street. This John Hill must have d. in 1687, for on Feb. 8 of that year his will, made Dec. 14, 1665, was proved in the courts.
WILL OF JOHN HILL, MERCHANT, OF LONDON.
To wife Sarah one thousand pounds and a silver bason. To daughter Elizabeth eight hundred pounds and a silver "sully bub pott." To daughter Hannah eight hundred pounds and a silver sugar box. Wife now great with child. If it prove a son then he is to have land and tenements in Winthrope and Croft and elsewhere in Lincolnshire of the yearly value of twenty four pounds, and six hundred pounds in moneye. Whereas my brother Valentine, late of New England, de- ceased did owe me at the time of my (sic) decease, above three hundred pounds, not yet satisfied, I give and bequeath the said debt unto the children of my said brother Hill and to the children of my brother-in-law Mr. Thomas Colbath, to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike. To my niece Bridget Cobbett five pounds.
Suffolk Deeds, Lib. I, 182.
Minor bequests were made to Cousin Garrett's children, Thomas Browne, John Browne, Elizabeth Meredith; to Bro. Hutchinson, to Bro-in-Law Nathaniel Hunt; Cousins Charles, Margaret and Katherine Watkins. This document shows that he must have been wealthy.
His brother Valentine, Boston 1638, freeman 1640, member of artillery company 1638, Representative to the General As- sembly 1652-1657, and who d. in 1662, was extensively engaged in real estate and other transactions in Boston, Lynn, Rumney, Marsh, Mass., and Dover, Oyster River and Pascataqua River be-
*First known as the "Military Company of Massachusetts," designed to care for the public welfare and advance military art and exercise in arms. The An- cient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, as it had become distinguished at this time, has the distinction of being the oldest military organization in this country. Founded by Robert Keayne, a former member of the Honourable Artil- lery Company of London, chartered by King Henry VIII in 1838, the charter of the New England organization patterned after the other, was dated March 17, 1638, Capt. Robert Keayne its first commander .- Author.
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tween the years 1637 (when he was of Boston) and 1660. In 1651 he conveyed to Mr. Thomas Cobbett, of Lynn, styled "Clarke," afterwards minister of Ipswich, and others, "all grants of land made to him by the town of Dover, at Oyster River and the sawmills erected thereon." His wife was Mary, dau. of Gov- ernor Eaton, of New Haven, Conn.
Thomas Hill appears to have been another brother who was active and prominent in the affairs of the day.
This John Hill must have been m. twice, for while he men- tions "wife Sarah" in his will, the records show that a s. was b. to him and his wife Frances in 1640. This s., Samuel, m. Martha
III. CHILDREN.
1. Martha, b. December 20, 1667.
2. John, b. December 20, 1669. (See)
3. Thankful, b. January 31, 1671.
4. Mary, b. August 31, 1674; d. November 15, 1676.
5. Samuel, b. September 9 or 12, 1676.
6. Israel, b. July 11, 1679.
7. Josiah, b. January 1, 1681.
8. Thomas, b. June 8, 1687.
CAPT. JOHN, Ist s. and second child of Samuel and Martha Hill, like the rest of his family, was active in public affairs. He was in command of the fort at Saco, Me., where he was ordered Nov. 3, 1693, to Oct. 19, 1699. He m. Ruhamah Wyer, b. Dec. 24, 1670, and res. in Boston.
In brief, then, we find the genealogy of the Hill family, as far as we need to search, as follows:
I. John Hill, Freeman, born in England about 1610; came to New England in 1635, and settled at or near Boston Neck.
II. Samuel, born in 1643; lived in Boston.
III. Capt. John, born December 20, 1669; won his commission in military service.
IV. Col. John, or John, Jr., born about 1700, became the founder of Hillsborough. He married, May 15, 1722, Elizabeth Maxwell.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1724.
2. Anna, b. December 17, 1725 ; m. November 9, 1758, John Fisher.
3. Christian, b. January 6, 1727.
4. Sarah, b. March 16, 1729.
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5. John, 3rd, b. March 27, 1732; m. July 26, 1753, Eliza Snowden ; they had a dau. Mary, b. January 16, 1758. He was in the Crown Point expedition, and served throughout the French and Indian War.
6. Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1734; m. October 12, 1769, Benjamin Ballard.
7. William, b. April 15, 1737; m. August 21, 1760, Rebecca Clement.
8. Henry Maxwell, b. September 20, 1739; m. July 8, 1762, Anna Barrett.
9. Fenton, written Fannie in the intentions, b. March 7, 1742; m. March 24, 1763, Sarson Belcher.
10. Katherine, b. August 25, 1745 ; m. Nevember 16, 1769, Joshua Hen- shaw.
COLONEL JOHN HILL.
COL. JOHN seems to have obtained by inheritance consider- able of the land owned by his grandfather, situated at or near Boston Neck, or Long Wharf. His house stood on the site of that of his grandfather's, which was burned, on North Street, "between the drawbridge and the conduit and in the vicinity if not on the spot of the old 'Feather Store.'" He did quite a business in real estate, carried on an extensive trade in mer- chandise, and attained influence and prominence in financial cir- cles. Like his great uncle, Valentine, he became interested in the settlement of new territory. His name appears among the petitioners for the grant of the township of Gray, then called New Boston, Me. As well as in Hillsborough, he was interested in the grants of Rindge, New Boston, Peterborough .*
Without interference from others, Colonel Hill was left free to develop his grant of Number Seven to the best of his ability, which task he began as soon as possible. In 1740 he sent a sur- veyor to lay out lots in the eastern section suitable in size for set- tlers. It is interesting to note that at this time only a part of the
*Peterboro was granted January 16, 1738, to sixty grantees, not one of whom ever settled within the territory or ever saw it. Of the sixty names only four proved to be interested in the settlement, and these were Col. John Hill, John Fowler, Jr .. Jeremiah Gridley, Peter Prescott. This petition had been seventeen years before the court and it is supposed after all this waiting and uncertainty that all but two had parted with their interest. One of these two was Colonel Hill, and the most interested party, as he was made moderator of the first meeting called July 25, 1738, at the tavern of Luke' Verdy, and he was also made treas- urer. The township was divided into five divisions, of which Colonel Hill held more than half. January 26, 1748, Hill, Fowler and Gridley received a quitclaim deed from the Masonian Proprietors. But there was clashing in the management of affairs and dispute concerning the boundary between the town and land of proprie- tors adjoining. John Hill was then clerk of the township. In 1750 he was among the signers of a petition for protection from the Indians .- N. E. Hist. and Gen. Reg., vol. 6, p. 367.
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townships which had been granted on the "lower tier," as already mentioned, had been seized by actual settlers. Bow could boast of only two or three; Amherst, fourteen families; Boscawen, as Contoocook, about a dozen; Goffstown by less than twenty, and Bedford, perhaps, five families ; Lyndeborough, as Salem-Canada, three or four; Dunbarton, as Starkstown, uninhabited; while Weare, as Beverly-Canada, had recently lost the single squatter who had dared to venture within her domains. In the "upper tier" there were still fewer who had penetrated into their fast- nesses as home-makers. New Boston had two or three people ; Bradford, none; Walpole, a wilderness; Alstead, without a per- son ; Hopkinton, settlement begun that year; Henniker, without a home; and Washington was as lonely as when the aborigines roamed at will her forests. Of other towns not far distant Fran- cestown, Deering, Antrim, Peterboro, and Jaffrey had not awak- ened to the call of the woodsman's ax. So it certainly required a man of sanguine temperament and indomitable courage to brave the breaking of the wilderness.
Colonel Hill was a man of wide acquaintance, and he pos- sessed the confidence of all. Among those he knew was Samuel Gibson, a Scotchman born in Ireland, who had come to Boston in 1733, where he m. Ann MacAfee, and lived there until a short time before the first move was made to settle Number Seven grant. He looked upon the plans of the proprietor with favor, and being offered special inducements to settle, he finally per- suaded certain of his friends at Litchfield, with which colony he and Mrs. Gibson had become associated, to join him in the under- taking of opening up the territory. Though I am not justified in saying this, the evidence seems to show that Colonel Hill al- lowed these pioneers a free entrance to the lots selected by them, as shown upon the rude plan of the township.
From 1733 to 1740 there was undertaken in Boston what was known as the Land-Bank scheme, in which some of the moneyed men of that city and elsewhere undertook to establish townships in different places of Northern New England. While, in a way, this was a philanthropic plan, and several of those who partici- pated in it were honest and sincere, a certain suspicion became attached to it, which injured to a considerable extent its useful-
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ness. John Hill seems to have been connected with this ."bank" and possibly lost money by it. During his busy life, in what- ever undertaking he led or followed, I have not found a suspi- cious action. He appears to have been a strictly honest man .*
But there came a time, and when he needed money most dur- ing the crucial days of his second settlement, when the financial standing of many of the wealthy men of Boston began to suffer through the depreciation of the currency of the day. Among the rest who felt this unavoidable shrinkage was the proprietor and patron of Hillsborough, Colonel John Hill, who d. in the midst of his financial struggles and the impending cloud of a mighty war hanging low over the land, at his residence in Boston, in 1776. Through all of his earnest effort to build up a town in the wilderness he never profited by his work.
A man of vigorous effort, progressive and generous, he was universally respected in his native town, while in H. he was loved for his dignified deportment, his willingness to assist in develop- ing the new township and for his genial manners. In his last years he had undertaken to carry out an enterprise of consider- able importance, but owing to the unsettled condition of the coun- try and the fluctuating atmosphere of the money market, he d. insolvent.
HOIT.
GEORGE E. HOIT (Gt. grandfather spelled the name Hoyt) (Francis, Abner, Abner, Benjamin, Benjamin, Thomas, John) was b. in Weare; m. in June, 1850, Catherine A., dau. of William and Susan (Faxon) Livermore ; rem. to Hillsborough and bought the Benjamin Wilkins place, where he res. until 1883, when he rem. to the Charles Dustin Robbins farm; was Selectman ; Justice. of the Peace. She d. Apr. 5, 1866, and he m. second, Sarah Pope. No children.
HOLDEN.
CAPT. ISAAC, s. of Justinian (Isaac, Justinian) and Ruth (Sawyer) Holden, b. in Harvard, Mass., June 25, 1741, the year- and the day upon which the first band of pioneers were hewing
*See Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 5, p. 367; 10, p. 35; 57, p. 274; 50, p. 196. Best account in last volume .- Author.
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out of the wilderness the homes that were to make the beginning of the town of H., where he and his descendants were to become honored citizens. He was a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Davis, which marched on the Lexington alarm to Cambridge. He m., June 7, 1773, Sarah Hale, and came to H. from Ashburn- ham, Mass., about 1795, locating on a farm on the east side of the Contoocook River, about a mile below Bridge Village. He had a large family of children, some of whom, if not all, came here with him. The records of their birth are imperfect, and the list given below is not supposed to be complete or correct as to dates. After living here a few years, he rem. to St. Albans, Vt., and later to Malone, N. Y., where he d., date unknown.
V. CHILDREN.
1. Isaac, Jr., who m. February 25, 1798, Mary Heath, of Henniker.
2. Sally, b. July 29, 1776 ; m. John Hartwell. (See)
3. Lucy, twin of Sally, b. July 29, 1776 ; m. David Parmenter. (See)
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